“Almost simultaneously I crossed these two dogs that were following this jogger, but they weren’t on a leash. I found it kind of weird," Mastromonaco told CBC Montreal's Daybreak.

Mastromonaco stopped his truck and asked the jogger if the black and yellow labs were his. The jogger said they weren't and Mastromonaco immediately called back the radio station to see if they could get a hold of Price.

Then he noticed they were wearing tags, but the number didn't have a local area code.

Carey Price tweeted this picture of his dogs in January 2013. He went to Twitter again Sunday night when his pets went missing. (Carey Price/Twitter)

"I know Carey is from B.C. I called the number and it was his wife. She was very happy I’d found the dogs," he said.

The landscaper quickly arranged to drop off the dogs at Price's house. He said they immediately jumped in his truck and happily ran out when they pulled up to the goalie's suburban home.

“I rang the bell and Carey came out very happy that I’d found the dogs," Mastromonaco said.

"He gave me a signed stick. I thanked him, wished him luck on Tuesday and that was it."

Mastromonaco, a dog owner himself, said he knows how anxious he would be if his pet were missing. He said Price looked tired but relieved at 6:30 a.m. when he rang the bell.

As for the moral of the story?

Mastromonaco said he hopes anyone who hears the story will stop and help if they see a dog wandering, even if it isn't a celebrity pet.

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